Space Exploration Mission Current Affairs, GK & News
Odyssey Completes 20 years: NASA releases Electric Blue Dune Images
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US recently released the image of Mars to mark the 20th anniversary of Odyssey. The image depicted Dunes in Mars. About the images The set of images released were clicked on the Mars at 172.1 degrees east longitude and 80.3 degrees north latitude. The planet looked ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: dunes • Mars Mission • NASA • Odyssey • Satellite • Space Exploration Mission
TOI 270: NASA’s TESS discovers
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently discovered new dwarf star and planetary system named as TOI 270. It is located about 73 light years away from Earth, and in the constellation Pictor. TOI 270 Planetary System Its members include Dwarf star named TOI 270, which is 40 % smaller than the Sun in size ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dwarf star • Goldilocks Zone • NASA • Space exploration • Space Exploration Mission • TOI 270 Planetary System • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
ASPIRE: NASA successfully tests supersonic Mars landing parachute
NASA has successfully conducted Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) to test supersonic parachute that will help its space exploration missions to land on Mars. The parachute was launched aboard of sounding rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in US. It was tested in sky, mimicking conditions of entering red planet. Key Facts The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: ASPIRE • Mars landing • NASA • Science and Technology • Space Exploration Mission • Supersonic Parachute
InSight Mission: NASA’s first mission to explore deep interior of Mars
NASA will send first-ever mission named as InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars. InSight will be stationary lander that will be launched in May 2018. It will be first NASA mission since the Apollo moon landings to place seismometer, a device that measures ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Topics: InSight Mission • Mars • NASA • Science and Technology • Space Exploration Mission
TESS: NASA, SpaceX collaborate to search for exoplanets
NASA has partnered with private space launching company SpaceX to launch Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to search for exoplanets using the transit method. TESS is designed to carry out first spaceborne all-sky transiting exoplanet survey. It is equipped with four wide-angle telescopes and associated charge-coupled device (CCD) detectors. It is planned to be launched ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2018
Topics: Exoplanets • NASA • Science and Technology • Space Exploration Mission • SpaceX • Tess • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite